He borrowed $50 from his parents, bought 41 yards of white cotton jersey, dyed it and put together a tiny collection that he sold to Neiman Marcus.

In 1995, he produced a clothing line associated with the Warner Brothers film Batman Forever.

These leftovers were given a dazzling new life with Todd Oldham Maker Shop where he created new clothes for women and men, home goods, accessories, and jewelry from the vintage materials.

[11] Todd Oldham has become widely known to American TV audiences through his many television appearances.

Most notably, Oldham was the host of the "Todd Time" segment on MTV's House of Style from 1993 to 1999.

[12] He has also hosted Fashionably Loud on MTV in 1999 and recently served as mentor to contestants on Bravo's Top Design.

Books in the series include photos and essays on filmmaker John Waters, the artist compound in upstate New York owned by Joe Holtzman (the founder of Nest magazine), and the Rhode Island School of Design's off-campus housing and Bedrock City.

In June 2007, Oldham released a monograph of artist Charley Harper’s work titled An Illustrated Life.